It doesn’t come easy to everyone but the great news is, confidence is a skill and you can build it.

It’s a mindset that you can teach yourself, and once you gain your footing in this skill, you will feel more positive, more sure of yourself, and yes, more confident. (If you already ARE a confident woman, let this exercise bring you joy and reinforce your worth. And let me ask you this, who are you inspiring? Who are you cheerleading for? Women helping women is one of the most powerful connections we have. Teach, share and encourage every chance you get.) 

Positive mantras can be used to increase confidence. Affirmations can help change the way you think and feel about yourself, and eventually lead to an increase in confidence.  For the next month, use these daily affirmations to inspire you, build your confidence and encourage you to believe in yourself more. Every day do these three things: 

1. Read it and think about yourself being it
2. Say it out loud – say it clear and confidently 
3. Write it down – it doesn’t matter if you write it on a napkin, post it or diary. When we write something about ourselves it strengthens our belief in it. Do it! 

Here are several one-a-day phrases to inspire and continue your confidence: 

• I am worthy and important. 
• I am capable of doing amazing things. 
• I am intelligent and my ideas are excellent. 
• I am enough. 
• I am worthy of love, respect, and abundance.
• I am important and my thoughts, ideas and conversations matter. 
• I get to choose how I react to what others say or do.
• I will never give up on myself.
• I have within me the power to handle any situation.
• Peace is within me always.

Make sure to always use, say or write these positive mantras for confidence in the present tense. Let these statements help and encourage you. 

It may feel uncomfortable if this is new to you, but that’s okay. I invite you to do it anyway, start today! Allow yourself to try it and know that it is okay if you are a little unsure. That is normal when you are learning or improving something! Nobody plays Beethoven in their first week of piano lessons, we don’t become fluent in a second language after one conversation abroad, we don’t run before we walk. It’s the same with confidence building. It’s a skill, a process and it will take you more than one time to build it and believe it.

And you, my darling, are worth it.

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What is beauty

There are eyes, ears, and body… but all these forms of beauty are unified by one thing which never changes and is present in all the variations: love. Beauty is self-love. When you love yourself, you feel beautiful, confident, happier, and more self-assured. It’s like a domino effect; when one good thing happens, it leads to another. Moreover, when you feel beautiful, you automatically take better care of yourself. You also start to attract better things into your life.

If you don’t feel good about yourself, it will be hard to fake it until you make it. But once you start making an effort to improve your self-esteem, everything else will fall into place. When you love and appreciate yourself, it really shows.

When you love and appreciate yourself, it really shows.

The impact of Beauty

Beauty has the power to transform our lives in ways we never thought possible. It can make us feel more confident and attractive and even improve our health. But did you know that beauty can also have an influence on your overall essence?

This transformation of your essence is not just skin deep. It goes all the way to your core. When you feel beautiful, it changes how you interact with the world. You start to see yourself as worthy of love and respect. This newfound confidence allows you to take risks, follow your dreams and live life to the fullest.

How to feel beautiful

Beauty is not just “looks” but an energy that comes from within. When you feel beautiful, you are tapping into your own power and potential.

Here are some tips on how to feel beautiful:

1. Appreciate your body. Our bodies are incredible machines. You can give yourself a gentle massage.  Appreciating each body part consciously, and focusing on how your touch feels from the inside out.  
2. Positive love affirmations. One exercise you can try for 21 days is affirming out loud while looking into the mirror: “I love myself”. “I am so beautiful”. “I am worthy of love”. “I radiate unconditional love”. Repeat this to yourself every day until it becomes part of your belief system.
3. Take care of yourself – inside and out.

Treat yourself as you would treat someone that you love.

It feels good to take care of others, do the same with yourself. Your whole being will thank you.

So, if you’re looking for a way to change your life for the better, start by feeling beautiful from the inside out.

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